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Title: Is my beer infected?
Post by: winstonia on July 11, 2014, 12:13:48 PM
I didn't take a pic, haven't dumped yet but it's pretty similar to this but without the bubbles.

(http://i.imgur.com/tHogN.jpg)

It's on day 7 HBC discover america extract kit. I closed the lid and throw some hops in and it's started bubbling after 5 mins, no airlock activity the past 3-4 days.
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: LordEoin on July 11, 2014, 12:45:00 PM
The light brown clumps look fine but i'd also be suspicious about those bubbles as it means there's a film of something growing on the top.
take a pic of your own beer and post it up so that we can see
How does it smell and taste?
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: winstonia on July 11, 2014, 01:04:37 PM
Quote from: LordEoin on July 11, 2014, 12:45:00 PM
The light brown clumps look fine but i'd also be suspicious about those bubbles as it means there's a film of something growing on the top.
take a pic of your own beer and post it up so that we can see
How does it smell and taste?

I haven't tasted it, smell is hard to describe like something over carbonated. The flash on my camera is making it look more white, no mould showing just those orange looking spots/clumps. Gravity is at 1.009

(http://i.imgur.com/hVWMzoLl.jpg)
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: beerfly on July 11, 2014, 01:37:11 PM
Mostly looks like yeast, I have had similar whitish stuff before too.  Clean a spoon or something with starsan or boiling water and take a taste. If there is anything else going on there it's the easiest way to check
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: winstonia on July 11, 2014, 01:57:48 PM
Had a taste, still hard to describe. It didn't taste flat anyway, seems to have started fermenting again as the airlock is bubbling every 5-10 seconds. Tasted a bit like a friends cider with that rhinofart without the egg
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: baphomite51 on July 11, 2014, 09:18:07 PM
iv had a lot of these moments meself but ya just need to ride it out, to be honest it just looks like yeast i wouldn worry bout it just yet, once theres no bubbles like u said, bottle it up give it a week to carb and try it, id say the white stuff is hop oil, wat kind of beer is it??
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: beerfly on July 11, 2014, 09:24:40 PM
if you did not want to spit it out after tasting it then its fine
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: tpc2001 on August 08, 2014, 09:48:44 PM
You've got to be patient. Just leave things alone for at least two weeks, then see where you're at.

Tom
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: winstonia on August 09, 2014, 03:53:46 PM
Yup, drinking it at the moment and it's fine. Best one yet actually.
Title: Re: Is my beer infected?
Post by: molc on August 10, 2014, 01:04:00 PM
I think the beers you most fear turning into a disaster are usually the ones that taste like nectar from a god :)